Nuclear pharmacy jobs include research positions as well as clinical or applied roles. Research jobs in nuclear pharmacy typically involve duties such as testing new compounds, designing and engineering new equipment to dispense radiopharmaceuticals, and improving imaging technology connected to nuclear pharmacy. Practical or clinical positions involve responsibilities such as performing compounding procedures and dispensing the radiopharmaceuticals in a clinical setting, often in collaboration with physicians or specialists after more conventional methods of determining an illness, such as X-rays, have failed.